Afton church



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' A. CHURCH.

PAD FOR COPYING PRESSES.

Patented Nov. 1,1887.

INVENTOR a 615% BY ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES N. PETERS. Phowlilhc n her, Washington, n. c

AFTON CHURCH, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

PAD FOR COPYlNG-PRESSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,454, dated November1, 1887.

Application filed Ottobcr :25, 1886.

T0 aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Arron Cannon, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have in; vented a new and Improved Pad for Copying- Presses, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved pad for copyingpresscs, and has forits object to provide a pad of absorbent material adapted for detachableattachment to the under face of the follower, whereby impressions may betaken for an indefinite period withoutthe aid of single blotters orcloths.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of a letterpress having my pad attached;and Fig. 2 is a pen spective view, partly sectional, of the pad it self.

It is the aim of this invention to render the process of copying easyand pleasant as well as rapid.

To that end I employ a smoothed faceplate, A, made corresponding inshape to the under face of the follower B of a letterpress, C, andattach to the under side of said plate a pad, a, of absorbent material,by drawing tightly over the same a piece of cotton canvas, 0, or similarmaterial, and securing its edges, by tack ing or otherwise, preferablywithin the under edges of the said board A.

Near the ends of onelongitudinal side of the plate A, upon the topthereof, I now attach spring-clamps D, while centrally the oppositeupper longitudinal edge of the said plate I secure any form of clamp E,common to the trade, capable of being sprung back in line with SerialNo. 21 ,149. (No model.)

the edge when the pad is to be attached to the follower of a press.

In the use of my invention the pad is placed in a shallow disk of wateror otherwise dampened. \Vhen sufficient moisture has been absorbed, itis taken out, passed beneath the follower B of the press C, and theclamps 1) made to engage the edge of the said follower. The spring catchE is now sprung back and the plate brought up parallel with and againstthe under side of the follower and held rigidly thereto by the saidspring clamp E, one or more of which may be employed, as deemedadvisable.

In copying, the book is introduced open, the page adapted to receive theimpression only covering the letter, which is made to rest upon theordinary rubber or oiled sheet, and the follower is then run down,bringing the pad in contact with the leaf, and an impression is had. Theleaf may be then turned back, the letter withdrawn, and the rubber sheetintroduced below the next letter, and so on.

The pad will retain moisture enough to suecesst'ully copy for days.\Vhen dry, it is read ily detached and again dampened.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a copying-pad consisting ofplate provided with absorbent material on one face and with means ofattachment to the follower of a copyingpress, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, with the follower of a copyingpress, of a detachablepad of absorbent material and means of attaching said pad to thefollower, substantially as herein shown and described, and for thepurpose set forth.

AFTON CHURCH.

W'itnesses:

J. F. ACKER, J12, E. M. CLARK.

